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08 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1903
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR entry mentions wine and timing with unclear context. No identifiable persons, places, organizations, dates, or concrete actions are present to confirm a specific event or summary.
North Ridgeville and Oberlin notes report Mrs Race and Miss Race visiting Easter with Mr and Mrs E Amos. Hugh Elliott shows improvement after illness. Miss Williston of Oberlin mentioned as ill. Mr and Mrs Hoyt Much of Cloverwood visited relatives. youngest child of Mr and Mrs Ford Root died in Antwerp and others conveyed remains to Ridgeville. Local items include Miss Etta Sayers home from Lake Erie College for vacation and Mrs Gill’s birthday party with Cleveland and Monroeville guests.
Mr Frank Pritchard of Cleveland visited friends in town Wednesday as residents await the long talked of street car. Mrs Abie is sick. Mrs H B Johnson née Misa Phebe Stuart is seriously ill. Mr Oscar Gott of Grafton moved into Harry Hantioga house. Mr F Coleman moved into Mrs Stel Smiths house. Arthur Sanders badly bit a barge hand, received medicine. Charles Sanders bought a farm from FG Morgan. Mr Heath sold his rental property and will move to Baron. Freeman, J Starr and H O Wilcox attended business in Elyria. Mrs Ross Andrus moved to Elyria. It rained Thursday night into Friday, a heavy downpour. C W Gott visited his sister Laura B Gott in Cleveland, who has typhoid fever. Mrs George Miller visiting daughter in Indiana. Mrs Mary Wikling and children visited her parents in Brunswick. Mrs WF Wolcott improving. WK to serve supper in K of P hall Saturday evening Apr 25 with quilt disposal. Baptist bazaar and chicken pie dinner and supper in town hall Saturday April 11. Dinner 15 cents, supper 10 cents. Everyone invited. Mrs HH Stuart of Elyria spent Sunday in town. Allen Sanders and his mother were Rooste of Mrs Winnie Pitts in Patta-held Wednesday. Mrs Harriet Moshier to sell furniture at auction the following Saturday. Shoe moving to Wisconsin to live with daughter. W.
Henry Worden a 22 year old grafting laborer from Mentor Ohio suffered a broken left leg near the undercut crossing in Lake Shore yards around midnight Tuesday. He was found by a yardman and taken to Wert Avenue hospital after ambulance transport. Worden boarded at the American House while working in the area.
Mrs. Abram Chambers, an elderly Black resident born into slavery, died in Oberlin Monday at 6 am after a prolonged illness of paralysis and heart trouble. She lived in Oberlin 38 years, estimated age about 75, having previously resided in Cleveland after emancipation. Her husband, a former slave, worked as a carpenter. Chambers had adopted and educated a daughter who became a noted singer and wife of the late Rev Tolliver.
William Frambach aged 39 of Liverpool marries Sophia Kolb aged 31 of Belden. Fredie Meiner aged 21 of Lorain weds Ella Blanche Showalter aged 21 of Lorain. W E K Edgecombe 22 of Lorain weds Charlotte L Rowbottom 18 of Lorain. Ernest R Bement 28 of Ridgeville weds Sadia L Beebe 18 of Ridgeville.
The grand jury meets at the court house. The first case is James Butler charged with shooting Riley Black at Oberlin a couple of months ago. The panel expects to be in session for a couple of weeks. Mary E Mowbray’s divorce from her husband was granted by Judge Kohler on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Peter Kohnz’s remains arrived from Santa Fe New Mexico. he died after leaving Avon March 12 and traveling for health. He was 47, leaves a wife and five children, and served as township justice and German school teacher. Minnie becomes his replacement at the school, and Oar fills Minnie’s post. Flossie Norton hosted a party Friday night. Mrs John Carter of Sheffield died last week. funeral Saturday. She was sister to Mrs Bessie Clifton. An egg social was held at Will Worst’s home Thursday night. Mrs Bina’s store room hosted a dinner for election day served by the ladies of the anti saloon league. JW Eastman, at the soldiers home in Sandusky, visits his wife. Farmers report difficulty hiring help despite willing to pay high wages. Recent cold storms harm oats and potatoes in the ground. Take Lakative Bromo Quinine Tablets, 25c per box. CRS
Lorain voters elected eighteen Republicans to twenty two offices in the first election under the new code. Mayor F J King and J J Mahony were re elected. Dr J F Gilbert and Philip Herrman won council seats. King lead over George Buell by 26a. Independent vote was small, Mahony’s majority nine. Marriage at Court House joined Ernest R Bowmen and Sadha L Beebe of Ridgeville in a brief ceremony.
Wm Hoffacker of Lorain, by attorney DC Adams, sues Thos G Chapman in Common Pleas Court to compel delivery of a deed. Hoffacker claims Chapman agreed to sell the property for a stated sum and to deliver the deed after payment, but Chapman now refus es to perform.
Fruit growers report varying injury from recent cold, Crawford varieties hit hardest with up to four to one uninjured buds. Elbertas less affected, Smocks about half injured. potential crop relies on buds escaping damage. Near lake areas, little injury seen. Some growers expect price gains offset smaller yields. Local notes mention marriages deaths and moves with several residents referenced.
MC Ross found a horse blanket recently owner can hate some by calling for it. Mrs. F Tite entertains the Ladies Aid society this week. Misa E Garretson is very sick. Burton Rosa received a gold watch and chain from his parents. Rev. Scott was in town Sunday to contact the funeral service of Mrs. Davis. Her children and grandchildren came from Chicago to attend the funeral. Miss E Longben of Columbia was in town Monday visiting at her grandmother Mrs. ES Tongbon.
The council met with most members present except LeMaster and Grandy. March payroll about 12,000 was approved with minor changes. a $2392 gas and electric bill was partially covered by $2,000 and outages held the rest. Debates over street lighting on Quincy and Huron streets, sewer plans for Wooster Court and East Avenue, and bids for the annual report occupied the session. The mayor and marshal reported for March, with a $50 marshal check. A lengthy opinion on local politics urged vigilance in municipal government and described a republican revolt as a corrective measure against party overreach.
Judge Francis J Wing of the district court of the United States for the northern district of Ohio orders The Elyria Reporter to be the newspaper in which all notices under the bankruptcy act and court orders shall be published for Lorain and Medina counties.
Readable items include Mrs Finch aiding her stroke-stricken mother in Cleveland, Mr Binkesley’s horse escapade and injuries, Mr and Mrs Sheppard celebrating their fifth anniversary with seventy guests, Lorenzo Curtin purchasing a house near the town, Miss Grace Brasie visiting from Cleveland, and invitations issued for a reception for the Culbert and Bruce families following Cleveland nuptials.
Huntington Mr Glair Converse of Wellington spent Sunday with Geo Lorence and family Mrs Henry Lorence in sickness Geo Hart Will Hall and Ben Brouse work in Bisley Prof Ward and sons spent a couple of days in town Rev Kepler and family entertain a relative from Barberton Mrs Hull and daughter Mattie visiting at Grange Ralph Cassidy of Wallington visited friends in town this week O Hull of New London spent a few days with cousin Elnora Oth A large number of local youths attended a convention at New London last week and had a pleasant time.
A man asserts Harevard University twice offered an honorary degree to Archbishop Williams, who declined both times. The note compares the matter to Grover Cleveland’s similar experience with Marvard. It also mentions an automatic visitor register at the White House, noting officials are not counted by the guard’s button system.
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